Vocab - The Odyssey Flashcards

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Abscond

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To leave in secret usually to avoid legal consequences

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Access

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The ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak to, or use

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Anarchy

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A state is society without government or law

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Arduous

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Very laborious or difficult

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Auspicious

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Promising

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Biased

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One sided

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Daunt

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To overcome with fear or to lessen the courage of

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Disentangle

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To become free of

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Fated

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Guided by a higher power

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Hoodwink

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To trick or deceive

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Inanimate

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Not alive

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Incinerate

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To burn

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13
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Larceny

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The stealing of one’s possessions

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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Pliant

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Easily influenced

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Pompous

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Proud or stuck up

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Precipice

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A deadly situation

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Rectify

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To set right or correct

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Reprieve

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To delay impending punishment

20
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Revile

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To address or speak abusively